Representations and practices of prostitution in Londrina

Abstract

This article analyzes the representations and practices of prostitution among female in the Rocha Pombo Square (Londrina-PR). It strives to understand a specific daily routine of which the "rules of the game" alone can be disclosed and lived by those who dominates them or to whom it is allowed to penetrate in the embroidery frames of the world of prostitution. This research is justified for giving voice to the female hookers and for trying to comprehend the representation these women make of themselves and ofthose other women of the Square.